10 Easy Green Smoothie Recipes for Beginners

If you’ve been reading Prolific Juicing for a while, you know that I am a huge fan of juicing! It has been my top beauty and weight loss secret for years, and as I like to say, it’s also my first love.

But when I started discovering natural ways to lose weight and get in shape in 2007, smoothies caught my attention too.

Don’t ask me how but I mustered the courage to blend a banana, a cup of strawberries and a handful of spinach, and that initial smell from the blender opened me to a new world of yumminess and nutrition! Today, green smoothies are one of my staple foods, and my recipes have – thankfully – come a long way since the banana-strawberry-spinach days.

Green smoothies are excellent for a meal replacement as breakfast or lunch or a post-workout snack or a pick-me-up. In fact, tell your junk food to step aside, because green smoothies are the eeriest way to make yourself a delicious quick snack anytime during the day!

The main differences between juicing and smoothies aside, smoothies are the easiest way to get started on a health or weight-loss journey especially if you have limited time, and you want to get your greens, your fruits and your vitamins and minerals in a delicious glass without hours of chewing!

Of course, you have to taste it to believe it, so I’ve picked my top 10 easy green smoothie recipes to get you started. These are perfect for you if you are a beginner to green smoothies.

10 Easy Healthy Green Smoothie Recipes

These recipes make between 4-5 cups which is about 2 servings. The idea is to not make the same old recipe everyday because your body needs a variety of nutrients and it can get that from a large variety of fruits and vegetables. Mix It Up. Here’s some great ideas in 10 easy healthy green smoothie recipes:

1. Ban-Orange Green Powerhouse

1 medium frozen banana

1 peeled navel orange

1 cup fresh spinach

2 celery stalks

1 small granny smith apple

1 1/2 cup filtered water

2. The Green Pineapple Blast

1 medium frozen banana

1 cup frozen pineapple

1 cup fresh spinach

1 small cucumber

3-4 stalks parsley

1 1/2 cup filtered water

3. The Kale Avocado Dream

1/2 medium frozen avocado

1 cup frozen pineapple

1 cup fresh kale

1 small cucumber

1/2 lemon squeezed

1 1/2 cup filtered water

4. The Super Duper Green Drink

1/2 medium frozen banana

1/2 medium apple

1 cup fresh parsley or cilantro

1 cup fresh spinach

1/2 lime squeezed

1 stalks celery

1 1/2 cup filtered water

5. The Healthy Purple Galore

1/2 medium avocado

1 cup frozen blueberries

1 cup fresh spinach

1/2 fresh pear

3-4 stalks parsley

1 1/2 cup filtered water

6. The Ultimate Citrus Delight

1/2 medium frozen banana

1 peeled orange

1 peeled small grapefruit

1/2 cup fresh parley

2 large leaves chard

1 stalk celery

1 1/2 cup filtered water

7. Lettuce Chard Delight

1/2 medium peeled frozen avocado

1 peeled apple

1/2 cup fresh parley

2 large leaves chard

4 large leaves Romaine lettuce

1/2 lime squeezed

1 1/2 cup filtered water

8. Pom-Orange Green Potency

1/2 medium frozen banana

1 peeled navel orange

1/2 cup pomegranate seeds

2 large leaves chard

1 cup fresh spinach

1 1/2 cup filtered water

9. A Berry Special Green Drink

1 medium frozen banana

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

1/2 cup frozen blackberries

1 cup fresh spinach

2 stalks celery

1 1/2 cup filtered water

10. Pick Me Up with Sharp and Green

1/2 medium frozen banana

1 small granny smith apple

3-4 stalks fresh parsley

1 cup fresh kale

1 cup fresh spinach

1 small pinch of ginger

1 1/2 cup filtered water

Order my Next Book: The Healthy Smoothie Bible

In summer 2013, I was whipping up a lot of green smoothie recipes – 108 to be exact – for my next book which hits bookstores April 2014: The Healthy Smoothie Bible. On top of that, I have a few super special recipes from the featured contributors to the book, mostly other smoothie experts and raw food enthusiasts such as me (and you~).

So, if you are serious about exploring this new amazing revolution of green smoothies and healthy ways to feed and nourish your body, which I know you are because you are here, then do yourself a favor – because you deserve it!! – get a copy of this book and stop putting off your health journey another day.